PhysOrg.com | Archive 03/08/2006

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Purdue University is reportedly investigating the research of Professor Rusi Taleyarkhan, who said he produced nuclear fusion in a tabletop experiment (see link 1, link 2). ...

Most distant cosmic explosion was a star collapsing into a black hole

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It came from the edge of the visible universe, the most distant explosion ever detected. In this week's issue of Nature, scientists at Penn State University and their U.S. and European colleagues discuss how th ...

LG Philips newly developed 100-inch TFT-LCD panel

LG Philips develops 100-inch LCD screen, the largest in the world

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Mar 08, 2006 | 4.4 / 5 (31) | 0

LG Philips, a Dutch-South Korean joint venture, said Wednesday it had developed a 100-inch liquid crystal display (LCD) screen, the world's largest. LG Philips said the new television screen was 1.5 times larger ...

NASA survey confirms climate warming impact on polar ice sheets

Mar 08, 2006 | 4.7 / 5 (28) | 0

In the most comprehensive survey ever undertaken of the massive ice sheets covering both Greenland and Antarctica, NASA scientists confirm climate warming is changing how much water remains locked in Earth's ...

Tick Tock: Who Needs an Atomic Clock?

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“Last year the Nobel Prize recognized the significance of this field with John Hall and Theodor Hänsch,” says Chris Oates of studying optical atomic clocks. “There are a lot of new ideas coming out, and we ...

There's more than meets the eye in judging the size of an object

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You can't always trust your eyes. Neuroscientists from the University of Washington and the University of Minnesota have found that the first area in the cortex of the human brain that receives information ...

$South Korea\'s first cloned dog, "Snuppy"(R) is seen with his 'father' an Afghan hound$

DNA: Yes, Snuppy is definitely a clone

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Seoul National University scientists investigating the work of disgraced cloning pioneer Woo Suk Hwang have found Snuppy is a genuine cloned dog.

Artist's concept of Mar Reconnaissance Orbiter near Mars

Fast-Talking NASA Spacecraft Starts Final Approach to Mars

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NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has begun its final approach to the red planet after activating a sequence of commands designed to get the spacecraft successfully into orbit.

Toshiba and Canon Announce SED Flat-Panel TVs Launch Plan

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Toshiba Corporation and Canon Inc. today announced that they will start the first stage of mass production of SED panels in July 2007 and launch SED TVs in the 4Q of calendar year 2007. SED, the Surface-conduction Electron-emitter ...

The Strange Case of the Disappearing Quasiparticles

Mar 08, 2006 | 4.1 / 5 (18) | 0

In the “standard model” of condensed matter physics, elementary energy carriers are called quasiparticles. Understanding when and how these energy carriers fail to perform their mission opens doors to new phenomena ...

Poll: Most people reject evolution theory

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A Gallup Poll released Wednesday suggests about 53 percent of Americans rejects the theory of evolution as the explanation for the origin of humans.

Museum official says Bible isn't science

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Chicago's Field Museum chief says teaching "intelligent design" in science classes threatens America's position as a technological leader.

Nuclear safety violations cited at Argonne

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The University of Chicago, which manages the Argonne National Laboratory for the federal government, has been charged with nuclear safety violations.

Ubiquitous galaxies discovered in the Early Universe